Ann-agreed! Talk about killing the joy in reading. No, you can't read that-it isn't your level. Sure, you can read that, it is your level but we don't have a quiz on it so go find something else. Drives me absolutely bonkers and I feel for these parents who come to me for help with it. Also, I'm afraid that the higher the reading level (a concept I have a hard time with) the more difficult it is for me to find a title. Let alone a title that I would recommend a kid read. my rant over...for now. Amy Nolan Children's Librarian St. Joseph Public Library 269-983-7167 ________________________________ From: Ann Perrigo [aperrigo@albionlibrary.org] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:21 PM To: Amelia Nolan Cc: michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts AARRGGHHHHH! One of my pet peeves! The whole "leveling" and testing thing just drives me nuts. Let the kids read what they WANT to read for heaven's sake! Rant over... Ann On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Amelia Nolan <anolan@sjcity.com<mailto:anolan@sjcity.com>> wrote: Help! Has anyone else discovered an easy way to help parents with this conundrum of lexile level books that also have reading count quizzes? Today I had a mom come in who had a sixth grade son who was at a high reading level (lexile 1130-1300) and she was looking for books. I had a really hard time finding titles for her that were still housed in the children's section. I pulled a bunch of novels that I consider higher reading level and then looked them up on the lexile website and many weren't even listed. The ones I did find (they were all nf), the mom would have to turn around and see if these particular titles had quizzes available. Has anyone figured out a more streamlined way of doing this or do you depend on the school librarian/teacher to pass out lists of titles and levels that have quizzes? Thanks for any advice! Amy Nolan Children's Librarian St. Joseph Public Library 269-983-7167 ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l -- Ann Perrigo, Co-Director Albion District Library 501 S. Superior Street Albion, MI 49224 517 629-3993